Manicure instrument



F. LOBL.

MANICURE INSTRUMENT. APPLICATION FILED JULY 14. 1919.

Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

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M'ANIGURE INSTRUMENT.

Application filed July 14, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnnonmon LOBL, a subject of the Emperor of Austria,and a resident of Middleboro, in the county of Plymouth and Commonwealthof Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Manicure Instruments,of which the following description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification, like characters onthe drawingsrepresenting like parts.

This invention relates to toilet articles and particularly to manicureimplements. The invention aims to provide an improved article of thenature referred to embodying several novel features.

One embodiment of my invention is described in the followingspecification and illustrated in the drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is afront face view;

Fig. 2, a rear face view;

Fig. 3, a longitudinal section on the line 33 Fig. 1, from the left, and

Fig. 1, a cross-section on the line 1% Fig. 1, looking up.

My invention Fig. 1, as illustrated comprises an elongated body 1,preferably slender and of suitable material, as metal, a portion ofwhich may have its surface, 2, serrated to constitute it a filing orsmoothing area. One end 3, of the body is preferably pointed to enableit to be used as a nail cleaner.

One edge 4: may be sharpened if desired, the more conveniently to scrapeor scarify the nail surface. The opposite end of the body 1 is providedwith a suitable smoothing and polishing member 5, as emery cloth orchamois, or felt, and the body 1 is shown enlarged laterally andprovided with an opening or aperture 6 through which the polishingmember projects. To permit ready renewal of the polishingmember 5 thebody 1 near the upper end thereof has secured thereto in any suitablemanner, as by a screw or rivet 7, a spring-like clamping member 8adapted to lie close to the body 1 and to hold the polishing member 5 inclose relation thereto.

This member 8 may be solidand have a section thereof slightly smaller inarea than the aperture 6, struck up to such an extent that it will pressor force the polishing member 5, into and through the aperture 6. Thisarrangement acts to hold the polisher firmly in position, and the body 1provides a'con- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

Serial No. 310,639.

venient member for holding or manipulating the polisher.

The member 5 protruding through the opening 6 provides a convenient andeffective means for polishing the nail surface, after it has beentreated by the file 2. The better to enable the member 5 to fit the nailsurface, Fig. 3, the enlarged portion of the body 1 and the clamp member8 are curved somewhat and to the desired extent, for that purpose. Thepolishing member 5 may, of

course, as stated, be of any suitable material as cha-mois, felt, emerycloth, etc., and while it will be tightly clamped and held in positionby the member 8, the member 5 may be readily removed and a new piecesubstituted therefor when desired, by springing the member 8 away fromthe member 1, and swinging it on its pivot for the purpose.

Obviously the body 1 will outwear the polishing member many times, andby making the polishing member removable and renewable, the effectivelife of the implement as a whole is extended many times.

lVhile it i obvious that my invention is not limited to the particularembodiment disclosed, as to details, I claim:

1. A manicure implement comprising a cleaning point and a smoothingarea; and a flexible, polishing member extended through and oifset fromthe body.

2. A manicure implement comprising a cleaning point, a smoothing area, apolishing member extended through and offset from the body, and aclamping member to hold the polishing member removably in position.

3. A manicure implement comprising an apertured body having a cleaningpoint, a smoothing area, a polishing sheet member extended through andoffset from the body, and a cupped clamping member to force thepolishing member removably through the aperture.

4:. A manicure implement comprising an apertured body having a cleaningpoint, a smoothing area, and adapted to receive a polishing memberextended through the aperture, and a clamping member extended alsothrough the body and adapted to force the polishing member through theaperture therein.

5. A manicure implement comprising an apertured body having a cleaningpoint, a smoothing area, a polishing member, and a part of the handle ofthe body to reinforce the same. i

'7. A manicure implement comprising the body 1, smoothing area 2,cleaning point 3, polishing member 5 extended through the aperture 6 inthe body and locked therein by the clamping member 8.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

FREDERICK LOBLQ

